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Re: LF: Sound Card Impedance

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Subject: Re: LF: Sound Card Impedance
From: Stefan Schäfer <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:46:22 +0100
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Johan,

Am 16.12.2010 13:26, schrieb Johan H. Bodin:
I measured the input impedance of the mic input on a Dell laptop:

AC input impedance: 4.3 kOhms (-6dB with 4k3 resistor in series)
Mic bias voltage: +3.8V (open circuit)
Output current: 809uA (shorted to GND)

This suggest that there is a 4k7 pull-up resistor to +3.8V for mic DC bias.

It may vary somewhat between different brands and models of course but all
soundcard mic inputs that I have seen so far puts out some DC bias for electret
microphones.

73
Johan SM6LKM


Interesting! Thank you for this information.

Maybe one should think about this when designing a sensitive preamp output stage. I will keep it in mind.

73, Stefan/DK7FC


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